Glove-fastener



(No Model.)

W. S. RICHARDSON.

BUTTDN PASTENBR.

No. 399,161. Patented Mar. 5, lQ. a s t;

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arent* @reilen UNrrnn 5TM ne lYILLlAM S. RICHARDSON, Ol" BOSTON, MASSACHSETTH, Abllilll TO 'l` TE BALL AND SOCKEI FASTENER COMPANY, l" NASlllll, Nli lllrlfilljlllll.

G LOVE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part or" Letters Patent No. 399,161, dated March 5, 1889. Application filed May 26,1888. Serial No.275,-22S. vlNo modeld fo all 'wim/ft il' 11M/ lj rolbcern: fastening passing through a hole in the Cap Be it known that l, YILLIAM S. Rielalnand upset or enlarged in the Cavity ol the hall. SON, of Boston, in the county ol Suffolk and i In Fig. lll l have represented a hollow ball Stateot Massachusetts,aeitizen ol the United with a large flange. whit-h lakes the plane olf States, have invented a new and useful Imi the said waeher (ifi, and l have represented it 5 proveinent in Fasteners for Gloves and other aS united to the material and rap by HattenrtieleS,ol which the following` is a'fulholear, 'ing the ilange'ol' the ball within the ea vitvol and exact description, reference being` had to i the cap, the lower edge of the cap havin heen the aeeompanying drawings, formingI a partof drawn in.

1o this specification, in explaining its nature. B represents the member or The invention relates to a fastener eompriseeiving and holding' the hall. llt is made trom ing, first, a member or section Consisting of a a l'lat blank ol the general Shape repreneul'ed ball fastened or secu red to the under eide ot' in Finil), which is prm'ided'wilh the holes the material hy means of a cap applied to the 121/. lPhe metal about the hole l1 in Siruela or other or upper surface of the material, and, drawn up to form raised jawsl ifi about the 6 Second, a Socket or lmll-reeeiving Section or opening and leaviuga l'lat'lange, if, about the member of peculiar Construction. base ot the jawn. lhere is also formed the Referring' to the drawings, Figures l and 2 slit or nliti h, which preferably extend 'from are detail views` ot' the eap, Figs. .'-3 and l ol' the opening h to the. llane'e. `The hole 11 in 2o the washer, and Fig. 5 of a Solid ball with -a the ear h5 seiw'es4 to revolve the eyelet h or 7o Shank. In Fig'. G these parts are assembled other fastening by which the set-lion is Setogether to Aform the ball member of the fast- Cured to the' material. lt will be seen that ening. Figs. T to lf3, inclusive, relate to the there is thus, provided a soeket member @our same member of the fastening, representing prisinga atbase and jaws extendinpT upward a slight modification in construction. Figs. from the said haee,whieh approaeh eaeh other 7 5 il to iS, inclusive, also refer tothe same memat the top and form an openin for the recepber ot' the fastening, relinesenting still antion of the balhthere being;,of eoursealarger other modilieation in construction. Figs. i9 Cavity or Spare below the opening' for the reto 22, inclusive, show the ball-holding memi eeption ol' the ball, the jaws being opened 3o her of the fastening; and Fig. 23,the two mem- Slightly to permit the passage oli' the ball and 8o bers of the Yfastening together. then closing' thereon by their spring or yield- 'lhehall inemheroi' thetasteningcomprises ing aetion. The shape of the jaws is euch as a ball, d, disposed upon the under Surt'aee of to extend upward about the ball and into the the material of the glove or other article with Cavity of the cap, so that the dra'l't ot the fast which it used, and a Cap, al', placed upon i ening is practically upon a line with the ma- 85 the upper Surface of said material, the ball, teria-l.

material, and cap being united in a manner 1 would say that in the use of the terms to bring` the material and hall within, to a ball and socket l do not mean to be ungreater or lees extent, the cavity ot' the cap. derstood that the hall member shall ot neces- 40 In Fig. 5 'I have represented the ball as Sitybe spherical, or ot a shape approaching a o@ solid and having a shank, a?. A washer, (el, i sphere, for thememher termed the hall memwhieh eneireles the lQhank, bears against the l ber may have anyv other desired shape, and

bell and serves to secure or hold the vmaterial n the Socket member would be made to Conform.

lion i`or re- 6o against the under surface of the cap by the Having thus tullydeserihed my invention, ll upsetting' of the upper end ot' the shank upon claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent o5 the cap. of the United States- In Fig-.1S l have shown ahollow ball which l. The ball member of atastening, Comprismade with a large flange, the [lange taking ing.;` the ball a, applied to one Surface ot the the plaoe of the washer ofi, and the hollow ball material upon which it is used, the oap fr', ap-

is secured to the eap b v means ot an eyeletor plied upon' the oppoeite .Qui-lare ot said mate- Ioo ball and material, the said ball being secured to the cap with the material to bring the principal. part olf its body within the edge ot' the l material determined by the edge el the cip, l Y

- ing a ball, a, secured Within a cavity formed substantially as described.

2. A socket member of a fastening, comprising a l'lat plate having at one end an ear, bi",

affording means by which the member of the fasteningl is secu red to the material, and at the other end the continuons llanOe Il and the 'l D 7 yielding or spring jaws b2, rising l'rom the ini ner edge thereof and having' an opening to receive the ball member of the `l'astenin g, snbstantially as described. A

3. The combination, in a fasten ing for gloves and other articles, of the flat plate b3, the jaws i b2, extending upward therefrom, and the slit er slits b", and an extension7 if, of the plate b3, for receiving a fastening for securing the member to the material with the ball, post, or stud member, snl' stantially as described.

l. The combination, in a fasteningfor gloves and other articles, of a ball member compris- -in one surface of the material, and a cap located upon the other surface of the material, and a washer, the ball and washer being secured to the cap, and the Washer and cap determining said cavity in the material, with a socket member having upWardly-extending yielding jaws b2, provided with an opening to receive the ball, substantially as described.

TILLIAM S. RICHARDSON. Witnesses;

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, E. P. SMALL. 

